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Re: WNT

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From: Carl J. Appellof
Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1992 17:13
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In article <1992Sep12.224054.1099@mwk.uucp> gleason@mwk.uucp writes:

>     Speaking of WNT, I only need to know one thing about to tell if it is
>   worth my time...did Cutler include a QIO system call, and if he did, is
>  it in a near identical format to every other DEC system he was involved in?

Don't know if he included a QIO call, but I heard he eliminated event
flags.  Instead, you must allocate a "notification object" if you want
the same kind of service.  VMS devos claim "he learned from his
mistakes" on that one.

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| Carl J. Appellof		|	cja@chmist.zso.dec.com	|
| Open Systems Group            |                               |
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Subject: Re: WNT
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